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Builders & Renovation in Chelsea

Premium construction and renovation in Chelsea — extensions, loft and basement conversions, kitchens, bathrooms and full refurbishments, managed end to end from our Harefield base.

Construction & renovation in Chelsea

Your local builder in Chelsea

Chelsea is close work for us. From our Harefield base we run jobs across SW3 and SW10 daily, so our teams reach Cheyne Walk, the King's Road and the streets off Sloane Square without the day starting late. We build extensions, restore heritage roofs and convert lofts on the stucco terraces and studio houses that give the borough its character, and we work to the standards those buildings deserve.

Almost every project here touches the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, so we plan for it from the outset. We handle conservation-area consent, listed-building applications and party-wall agreements on continuous terraces, and we sequence the work to suit narrow frontages and shared walls. The result is a build that holds up to scrutiny from neighbours and the council alike.

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Building in Chelsea

We tailor every project to the homes, ground and planning context of Chelsea — here's what that means in practice.

The homes we work on here

  • White stucco-fronted Victorian and Regency terraces, with Georgian townhouses behind solid masonry, sash windows and ornate plasterwork.
  • Chelsea's distinctive artists' studio houses, with their double-height volumes and large north-light glazing.
  • Red-brick mansion blocks, and riverside apartments along the Chelsea Embankment near Cheyne Walk.
  • Almost no post-war stock, and much of it listed or sitting within one of the borough's conservation areas.

What Chelsea homeowners ask us to solve

  • Single-storey basements dug into London Clay, kept within the RBKC limits on depth and garden footprint, with proper waterproofing.
  • Stucco facade restoration and damp on solid walls, repaired to conservation standards rather than patched over.
  • Heritage roofing in slate and lead, and the specialist glazing and roof restoration that studio houses demand.
  • Listed-building consent, conservation approvals and party-wall agreements on tightly joined terraces, plus limescale from the very hard water.
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Why Chelsea homeowners choose us

What sets us apart in Chelsea isn't a sales pitch — it's knowing the homes, the ground and the planning here, and building accordingly.

Stucco done properly

We restore stucco render and solid-wall facades using breathable detailing the Royal Borough will accept, so the front stays sound and the damp stays out.

Basements within the rules

We dig single-storey basements into Chelsea's London Clay inside RBKC's post-2015 limits on depth and garden cover, with waterproofing specified for the ground.

Studio houses understood

We restore and extend the borough's double-height, top-lit artists' studio houses, where the glazing and roof work need a builder who knows the stock.

Riverside resilience

On the Chelsea Embankment the ground is Thames alluvium and gravel, wetter and softer than inland, so we detail riverside properties for tidal damp and groundwater.

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Yes. Chelsea is within our core coverage across West London and the Home Counties, and we take on extension, conversion, renovation and maintenance projects there regularly.

We're based in Harefield, within easy reach of Chelsea. We cover Chelsea and the surrounding area as standard.

Yes — we prepare and manage planning and building-regulations applications with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on your behalf, as part of our design-and-build service.

Yes. Once we've discussed your project we're happy to share references and examples of comparable work in and around Chelsea.

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